In a new study, researchers at Indiana University Bloomington have discovered a new way that bacteria can kill its ...

Researchers at Indiana University Bloomington have identified a new mechanism by which bacteria can eliminate their ...

A new study, published in Nature Microbiology by researchers from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, reveals a previously unknown mode of resistance. The study was led by Prof. Debbie ...

One common fly has successfully fought off its wasp predator by stealing a gene from bacteria that originated in bacteriophage ... to be the key to a successful attack or defense that one-ups ...

Some viruses only infect bacterial cells; they are known as bacteriophages (or phages), and they have ... "For example, each phage species might attack the bacterium in a different part of its ...

In the continual arms race between parasites and their hosts, innovation was thought to be the key to a successful attack or ... comes from a bacterial virus, or bacteriophage, that infects ...

However, an equally fascinating but lesser-known phenomenon is the ongoing battle between bacteria and bacteriophages—viruses that specifically target and infect bacteria. This struggle, which takes ...

CHARLES BERGQUIST: I see. So when you’re not celebrating, part of your lab work involves bacteriophages, viruses that hunt bacteria. Would it be possible to come up with a bacteriophage that targets ...